Senior Database Engineer with [10]+ years of experience designing, securing, and operating high-availability OLTP and analytics databases at [enterprise] scale. Proven track record reducing downtime by [>99.95]% availability, cutting query latency by [30-70]% through indexing and schema optimizations, and lowering cloud database spend by [20-35]% via right-sizing and performance tuning. Deep expertise in Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, and AWS RDS/Aurora, with strong foundations in replication, backup and recovery, observability, and automation using Python and Terraform. Known for pragmatic incident response, clear runbooks, and cross-functional collaboration with SRE, data engineering, and application teams.

Core Competencies

• Database Architecture and Design

• Performance Tuning and Query Optimization

• High Availability, Replication, DR

• Backup, Recovery, and PITR

• Database Security and Compliance

• Observability and Capacity Planning

• Automation: Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD

• Cloud Databases: AWS RDS, Aurora, GCP Cloud SQL

• Stakeholder Communication and Incident Management

• Managed [450]+ production databases across PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server supporting [~20] microservices and [>15M] DAU

• Operated Oracle 12c/19c and SQL Server 2017 clusters for HIPAA-compliant systems storing [>50 TB] PHI